News atsc 3.0 standard at risk due to decoder patent trolling

[gorobei]

atsc 1.0 used a federally mandated patent pool to prevent individual patent holders from sabotaging the standard. the 3.0 patent pool had a similar mix but a new DRM requirement from broadcasters required a decoder and patent lic fee. the increase in costs more or less poisoned the well for LG after the lost a case challenging the licensing fee and they are no longer supporting 3.0. if the challenge to the lawsuit isnt overturned there will likely only be a few makers of decoder boxes at much higher cost vs the more or less open market for 1.0 decoders with tons of manufacturers at commodity pricing.
also the broadcasters representative PERL tv is talking out both sides of their mouth, by saying one thing to the FCC and another thing to the court.

you can comment on a filling at the FCC webpage to oppose the decoder requirement.
might save you 30$ for a decoder box for your older non-premium tv in 3 or 4 years when they start trying to require more DRM.

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ECFS

Federal Communication Commission Electronic Comment Filing System

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[sdifox]

It sounds like the feds should eminent domain the DRM

 

[VirtualLarry]

It sounds like the feds should eminent domain the DRM

As it should, and (at such) time that it mandates standard (that utilize said DRM/related patents), that are covered by patents that benefit private parties. They should just nationalize the patent.

 

[Ken g6]

No, they should forbid the DRM so we can continue to watch and record TV as easily as we can now.

 

[gorobei]

follow up:
antennae man and lonTV have been fighting the good fight and it looks like the fcc is pushing against the patent/drm lockdown.

nowhere near over yet so keep an eye out and let others know about this nonsense from the broadcasters.

 

[PingSpike]

Last I read about this it had some kind of internet requirement for targeted ads and/or tracking what media you were watching.

 

[sdifox]

Last I read about this it had some kind of internet requirement for targeted ads and/or tracking what media you were watching.

Umm, whut? OTA standard with Internet connection requirements? Why bother then?

 

[Ken g6]

Last I read about this it had some kind of internet requirement for targeted ads and/or tracking what media you were watching.

I think the standard may allow sending data back to the station OTA. I'm not sure, though.

 

[PingSpike]

I can't get a straight answer on it googling, but it seems like while the standard doesn't need internet access to work in general it does need it for DRM content so it is probably a distinction without a difference in practice. When I initially read about it a couple years ago it sounded like it was just required for ads but maybe I misunderstood. Given we live in an actual world where Kohler AI toilets scan your feces I probably just assumed it was for ads.